Hereditary cancer is more common than you might think
Cancer touches nearly every Australian, with 1 in 2 people facing a diagnosis by age 85.
Sep 16, 2024
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Disease or Syndrome: Li-Fraumeni syndrome
Medical news and research articles
New findings could be life-changing for genetic syndrome sufferers
An international research team led by QIMR Berghofer and Peter MacCallum Cancer Center has discovered that people with the hereditary cancer disorder Li Fraumeni syndrome are at greater risk of a much broader spectrum of ...
Feb 28, 2024
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Genetic modifiers of p53 and their potential in breast cancer therapies
A new editorial perspective titled "Genetic modifiers of p53: opportunities for breast cancer therapies" has been published in Oncotarget.
Oct 25, 2023
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Blood test detects tumors early in families with Li-Fraumeni syndrome
Researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and University Health Network (UHN) have demonstrated that by analyzing patients' blood samples, they are able to ...
Oct 24, 2023
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More accurate prediction of cancer risk in individuals with Li-Fraumeni syndrome
Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a cancer predisposition syndrome that is caused by pathogenic TP53 variants and is associated with a greatly increased cancer risk. It represents one of the most important genetic causes of cancer ...
Aug 19, 2022
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